Issues related to the rationale for standard setting, the standard setting board and its support structure, the content of standards and rules for generating them, and issues that deal with how standards are put to use are areas discussed in the content of a standard-setting effort in accounting. (Author/PN)

Reviews current practices and procedures in evaluation research, especially as they influence retrospective studies of extension programs such as 4-H. Discusses how program goals and funding sources affect evaluation, assesses the virtues and limitations of alternative evaluation strategies, and suggests ways of improving evaluation designs. (GC)

The relative utilities of subjectivity and objectivity in educational evaluation are debated. Page supports objectivity, while Stake supports subjectivity. (JKS)

Community and school personnel are not always aware of the many advantages that are derived from accreditation activities. Unless these advantages are recognized, the authors contend, many of their benefits will be lost. (Editor)

Comments on two articles that furthered counseling center research. Offers suggestions as to how the studies' results might be applied to current counseling center work. Argues for a greater role for research in counseling centers and presents examples of how research might help counselors offer more efficient and more efficacious service. (RJM)

Using data on 509 inmates, assessed the extent that commonly used background and psychometric variables influenced prisoner promotion to minimum security settings. Found psychopathic deviate scores to have the greatest impact. Derived a computer program to improve promotion decisions by identifying recommendations inconsistent with an inmate's…

A volunteer program's worth affects volunteers themselves, the leisure service agency, and the community. Four major activities which recognize volunteer worth are discussed--keeping good records, thanking volunteers and recognizing them formally, providing feedback to volunteers, and developing cost-effectiveness analysis. A cost-effectiveness…

Discusses the need to pay more attention to the type and nature of the content assessed. Provides five guidelines designed to help teachers select material that will contain important content, the heart of authentic assessment. (MG)

Provides a rationale for why literacy assessment is in need of improvement. Presents guidelines for improving literacy assessment. Describes a model for implementing changes in literacy assessment. (MG)

In this article, the author explains the importance of annual reporting on the status of professional development programs in the district. An annual evaluation report serves at least three functions: (1) it can help respond to a growing demand for data on results; (2) it provides historical documentation; and (3) it can be a powerful catalyst for…

This volume reports on innovative, useful evaluation work conducted within U.S. college foreign language programs. An introductory chapter scopes out the territory, reporting key findings from research into the concerns, impetuses, and uses for evaluation that FL educators identify. Seven chapters then highlight examples of evaluations conducted…

The issue of evaluation in adult literacy is addressed in this paper. It is assumed that evaluation is a necessary and vital function in an adult literacy program because it helps administrators understand their efforts, increases information available about a program's functioning, builds an image, and facilitates the discovery of information on…

A "formal information inventory" survey method was used to help educate a university campus about outcomes assessment while identifying assessment activities already being undertaken. The survey was sent to 102 individuals identified as being responsible for, or having knowledge of, any assessment activities within a department or area,…